The number of people accessing the State’s and community’s priority policies and programmes is increasing, said Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung.
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam attended the opening of the ninth Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Early Childhood, the first of its kind held in Vietnam, in Hanoi on December 4.
Delegates from 18 countries and many international organisations are gathering in Hanoi for the 4th Gender Focal Point Conference, which is jointly held by the Colombo Plan Gender Affairs Programme and the Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU).
Social affairs will be an important issue of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as well as its socio-cultural community in 2020 when Vietnam serves as Chair of the ASEAN, a Vietnamese official has said.
The 8th National Congress of the Vietnam Youth Federation (VYF) for the 2019 – 2024 tenure will be held in Hanoi from December 10 – 12, heard a press conference in the capital city on December 2.
Though HCM City has tried to take care of beggars and the homeless for years, many people continue to beg for money, saying they have had goods or cash stolen, or need to find their lost relatives, among other explanations.
The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) held a conference in Hanoi on December 2 to popularise and prepare for the ASEAN Chairmanship Year 2020.
While strides are being made to ensure safety for women and children, more still needs to be done, heard a workshop held by the Vietnam Women's Union in Hanoi on November 26.
Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh has asked Governor of Japan’s Ibaraki prefecture Oikawa Kazuhiko and its authorities to further boost cooperation with Vietnamese localities, especially in high-tech agriculture, manufacturing and processing, and precision engineering.
It is crucial to incorporate the enforcement of child rights into socio-economic plans and State budget allocation, particularly in the next five years, Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly Tong Thi Phong said at a conference on November 23.
More than 7,000 people with disabilities from Ho Chi Minh City and 16 southern cities and provinces will join the 20th camp festival in Ho Chi Minh City on November 30.
The country’s biggest-ever forum on vocational training took place in Hanoi on November 16 with a focus on ways to promote Vietnamese labourers’ skills.
angwon province of the Republic of Korea discussed with Vietnamese partners problems in recruiting Vietnamese labourers for seasonal work in the (RoK) and solutions to the issues at a workshop in Gangwon on November 14.
The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) held a symposium in the central city of Da Nang on November 14 to discuss international integration and human rights guarantee in labour and social field.
As many as 3,600 injuries are reported every day in Vietnam, killing about 90 people, said Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Truong Son at a national scientific conference on injury prevention in Hanoi on November 12.
A forum on how to improve Vietnamese labourers’ skills will be held in Hanoi from November 15-16, heard a press conference in the capital on November 11.
Authorities in the southern province of Dong Nai plan to establish hi-tech agricultural co-operatives to create jobs for those over the age of 40 who are affected by the construction of Long Thanh International Airport.
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